French insurtech Alan ($780M raise 07-28, ~$8.9B valuation) scaling its AI-first health model into Canada — whether it lands in the AI-triage-vs-care gap canada-ai-vs-care tracks (provincial deals? employer plans? an mh triage layer?), who partners/regulates, and whether "AI runs the front door" imports the payer-denial pattern. ⟨ben-steer 2026-07-28⟩